ec2:ReleaseHosts

Write

ec2:ReleaseHosts is a Write access-level action in the ec2 service. Grants permission to release one or more On-Demand Dedicated Hosts

Resource types

ARNs that ec2:ReleaseHosts can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:dedicated-host/${DedicatedHostId} required
dedicated-host

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants ec2:ReleaseHosts.

ec2:Region String

Filters access by the name of the AWS Region

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by a tag key and value pair of a resource

ec2:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by a tag key and value pair of a resource

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows ec2:ReleaseHosts. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEc2ReleaseHosts",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:ReleaseHosts",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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